Friday, October 28, 2005

My two G.I. “fucking” Joe figures were stolen right out of my cube at work....

so someone I work with came into my cube and took two of my prime time joes..

they didn’t jack some lame ass joes...they went top shelf.

Creme De Le Creme!!!

Snake Eyes

and StormShadow..

...greedy motherfuckers...

I know you wanted SnakeEyes..but leave me with something...

I had security search the cameras but nothing yet..

I will update you as the investigation continues...

I have a couple suspects...but I’m reluctant to point the finger..because even worse than losing my figures would be accusing the wrong person...

but I will say this...Snake Eyes...Storm Shadow...I’m coming for you guys...I never leave a man behind.

Yo “fucking” Joe!!!

In other news...

I've been working straight for almost two years..

no vacation..

a few sicks days..

just work..

and than some more work..

and after that...

more work...

I will be out the door till monday...

but I will leave you with a few ideas on what to entertain yourself with while I'm gone..

it's ok don't be sad...

I'll be back before you know it..and I'm sure I will have lots of interesting things to blog about..

It will be great..

just you and I...

me blog'n

u read'n

awwwwww sweet dreams are made of these..

back to reality.

I work on a project called Alien Racers...It’s a toy line and animated series...

It’s been on a few times at Fox Kids...but now it’s moved to Cartoon Network..

It will be on Saturday October 29th at 5:30 PM EST.

It’s a good show and everyone involved has put a ton of work into it..

so check it out..and be on the look out for my artwork..it’s used on the bumpers before the commercials...

For more info... go here

http://www.alienracers.com/

Also check out my pal Steve’s blog at

http://www.comiculture.com/creators/stevebuccellato/index.html

he is locked in battle with his local comic store...so give it a read and leave your comments...

Also a shout out to the Herorealm.com crew. They are one cool bunch...

I’m thinking of starting a casual monthly get together of comic pros and wannabe’s in the LA/Valley area..if you are interested in being a part of that drop me an email...get your comic/manga/graphic novel funk on!!!

Things to check out/ Things to Skip...

I’ve mentioned it before..but the Silent Dragon comic is pretty cool

Check out the new Teen Titans..it’s vintage Rob Liefeld...I almost put on a flannel it made me feel so 90’s...

Check out “the Losers”..a series from DC..kinda like mission impossible if it was directed by Tarentino...

Let It Be Bootleg DVD...

Watching the Beatles fall apart while still making great music..is amazing to watch...I’m sure you can find the bootleg online somewhere...

SkipAll Star Batman...I never thought I would say Frank Miller has lost it...but um..I think he’s lost it...

The new Daft Punk...buy it hate it talk shit about itdrop itkick ittry and sell it!!!

1. Name the three operatives that joined Bloodstrike in issue #11 Bailout , Athena , and Tower ....[Does Gunther count as an operative?]

I would have taken any of these three. Gunther is an added bonus answer.

2. Who was Bloodstrike revealed as during my run on the book? Cabbot Stone.... My favorite character ever!!!

3. What character teamed up with Bloodstrike during issues 15 and 16. Who drew the covers?

Prophet drawn by Stephen Platt

4.When Bloodstrike was relaunched for the thrid time. What was the subtitle. "Bloodstrike : Assassin" was technically the 2nd Bloodstrike series with a new #1 issue "Cabbot : Bloodhunter" was the third relaunch because it was the 3rd series featuring Cabbot also starting with a #1 issue.

All of his answers were correct.

Congratulations!!!

I’m sending him the sketch and a signed issue.

2nd place goes to

Gavin Higginbotham

He got his entry in at 14:58:18

He also had all the answers correct.

Since he put in so much effort and the times were so close I will be doing a sketch for him and sending him a signed issue of Bloodstrike.

Sometimes my subconscious will toss all my recent "info flow input" into one zinger of a dream..

That being said...the other night I had one for the books...

Me

My friend Gerimi

and Paul Mc Cartney

had to build these roads that covered the planet to protect the world from aliens.

We were floating in the air and battling spaceships.

sort of Cosmo Police Justy

meet’s Yellow Submarine

meet’s the Office....

Psychic powers,

Flight

High speed airborne chases over the ocean...

An anime looking gal named “Yoko”(hehehe)

A punch drunk love sick singalong...(NOTE: super obscure pop reference that will have a payoff later in this very blog... for those who care or for the two people not counting my mom who read this blog)

The whole nine...with all the Akira extras...plus some Blue Meanie action.

Anyway..the next day I was in a Best Buy...

looking for a wire for my Ipod and I saw the new Paul Mc Cartney album....

Chaos and Creation In the Backyard.

I knew he had been working on an album with Nigel Godrich of Radiohead and Air fame.I liked the way he brought a new side out of Beck on Sea Change...

I’d read that he had Paul (I call him Paul because we are close and shit) do all the instruments himself.

So I picked it up.

Ok I know more than the average cat when it comes to the Beatles.

So I was pre comparing it to Rubber Soul, Sgt Pepper even Ram or maybe some "Band On the Run" meet's "the Tourist"

I have to say after listening to this album a few times...

I was shocked how good it is...

It has a feel unlike any of the other Paul Mc Cartney solo work.

The album feels very personal.

We even see Paul straining to hit certain notes.

Which makes him seem very vulnerable.

I felt like we as listeners are finally getting a pure creative feed from him

...and in case you forgot how good of a songwriter this cat is...give it a listen and remember how good he can be...

there are no “silly love songs” on this album. (fuck everyone I dig that track just for the semi disco horns. "what's wrong with that I say!" I need to know")

I found myself thinking about the melodies after I stopped listening.

A testament to his mastery of a memorable melody.

The most interesting part of the album was that he has made this album at the age he is at and at the stage of his career.

With nothing left to prove he proved that he is still an artist that has something to say...

Saturday, October 08, 2005

I think he was going for an animation look...but I think it ended up looking a bit like chop suey...

a few too many Photoshop paste-ins for my taste.

In some ways it's suffers from what the current batch of Masamune Shirow art suffers from.

A little too much digital.

I'm all for pushing the art-form forward with the computer...but sometimes I would like to see Shirow do one of those great Blade Runner city shots he had going in Appleseed...instead of the texture mapped 3d studio max thing he's got going..

As for the Meglia Supes book..I think this is one step for him. I think his next books will be that much better because he tried this step in a new direction...

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About Me

I got my start in the Comic Book industry working for Marvel, DC and
Image Comics. I started my own publishing company Hyperwerks where I
published comics for almost 8 years. I've spent the last few years in
the toy industry. I am now developing toy inventions and intellectual
properties for toy companies, Comic Books, TV, Movies and beyond.